RE: University?
July 25, 2015 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2015 at 6:52 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(July 25, 2015 at 6:01 pm)I_am_not_mafia Wrote:(July 25, 2015 at 4:38 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: And yes, Romanians do seem to have it hard sometimes, among fellow Europeans. Maybe it's because of the whole gypsy stigma not rubbing off. But I don't think us Moldovians have the same Image-Problem exactly, even though we share a curious history, a culture and a language with the Romanians*. For one, nobody seems to know about us existing in the first place. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Yes the woman I spoke to said that people had a difficult time differentiating between Romanians and the Roma.
I was thinking about this a bit more, and if you study in Germany then the racism actually works for you because the Germans really value their own qualifications over those of other countries. There is a real difficulty in getting qualifications outside of Germany actually recognised, but then they value qualifications over experience in Germany. So if you study in Germany you will actually have an advantage over someone from a richer country that hasn't.
Well, as I said, I wouldn't exactly face the same problems though-I don't think-, since I could always fall back on my [actual] Moldovian citizenship. I could easily pretend I'm Romanian in everyday rapports, though, seeing how I can easily nail the accent and am able to speak the language 'correctly'- something a lot of my compatriots might/do have a problem with, what with all the aforementioned Russian influence and all. This is because I lived in Bucharest[capital of Romania] for a while, when I was 3-6 years old, and kept visiting relatives from over there during the summers. Anyway, I didn't really understand how this particular strand of quasi-racism/xenophobia might end up in my favour. Mind explaining the connection between that and the current german zeitgeist again?
Nevermind. I think you meant it would just be less of a problem over there, than anywhere else. If that's the case, I got it, and no need to respond to that. Thanks.
Still, I don't think any of this would matter. I'm not exactly the type to make a fuss over my own cultural heritage or nationalistic feelings. I'm more of a secular humanist than anything else, really - but I guess one might argue that's because I don't really have anything to be head over heels proud about, in that sense. I don't think it would come up much though, if only I didn't let it. But who knows, really. There's all types of situations [and employers].
